{"id":190165,"date":"2025-02-11T17:25:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T17:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=190165"},"modified":"2025-02-11T17:25:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T17:25:38","slug":"be4-8-lo-3-in-2020-hollis-corporation-reported-net-income-of-1000000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/11\/be4-8-lo-3-in-2020-hollis-corporation-reported-net-income-of-1000000\/","title":{"rendered":"BE4.8 (LO 3) In 2020, Hollis Corporation reported net income of $1,000,000"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BE4.8 (LO 3) In 2020, Hollis Corporation reported net income of $1,000,000. It declared and paid preferred stock dividends of $250,000. During 2020, Hollis had a weighted average of 190,000 common shares outstanding. Compute Hollis\u2019s 2020 earnings per share<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correct answer and explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earnings Per Share (EPS) Calculation:<\/strong> EPS=Net Income\u2212Preferred DividendsWeighted Average Common Shares OutstandingEPS = \\frac{{\\text{Net Income} – \\text{Preferred Dividends}}}{\\text{Weighted Average Common Shares Outstanding}} EPS=1,000,000\u2212250,000190,000EPS = \\frac{{1,000,000 – 250,000}}{190,000} EPS=750,000190,000=3.95EPS = \\frac{750,000}{190,000} = 3.95<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Earnings per share (EPS) is a key financial metric that represents the portion of a company’s profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock. It is a crucial indicator of a company’s profitability and is widely used by investors to assess financial performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this case, Hollis Corporation reported a net income of $1,000,000<\/strong> in 2020. However, before calculating the EPS for common shareholders, we must account for preferred stock dividends<\/strong>, which amount to $250,000<\/strong>. Preferred stockholders have a higher claim on earnings than common shareholders, meaning these dividends must be subtracted from net income to determine the amount available to common shareholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After deducting the preferred dividends, the remaining income available for common shareholders is: 1,000,000\u2212250,000=750,0001,000,000 – 250,000 = 750,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next, we divide this adjusted income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding<\/strong>, which is 190,000<\/strong> shares. This results in an EPS of $3.95<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EPS is an important figure because it helps investors evaluate a company\u2019s profitability on a per-share basis. A higher EPS generally indicates that a company is more profitable and is generating more income per share, making it an attractive investment. However, EPS should be analyzed in conjunction with other financial metrics such as price-to-earnings (P\/E) ratio, revenue growth, and cash flow to get a comprehensive understanding of a company’s financial health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BE4.8 (LO 3) In 2020, Hollis Corporation reported net income of $1,000,000. It declared and paid preferred stock dividends of $250,000. During 2020, Hollis had a weighted average of 190,000 common shares outstanding. Compute Hollis\u2019s 2020 earnings per share The correct answer and explanation is: Earnings Per Share (EPS) Calculation: EPS=Net Income\u2212Preferred DividendsWeighted Average Common Shares OutstandingEPS = \\frac{{\\text{Net Income} – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}